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Working with Semantics Webinar
Mark your calendars for an upcoming webinar — Working with Semantics: Technology and Tools (FREE for NISO members) – on November 10, 11:00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. (ET). Today’s sophisticated information resources are engineered in ways that emphasize relationships between related but disparate data elements. This webinar will focus on the emerging techniques and technologies that support…
Read MoreJoin Us For a Free Webinar
You are invited to a Zoom webinar on Nov. 3, 2021 11:00 a.m. (MDT). The topic will be Standardizing How We Talk About Standards: Developing SSOS, the Standards-Specific Ontology Standard. Register in advance for this webinar at https://us06web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_2xyL2PoiQ-eDXuZD9pSlbw. What it’s really about is breaking down a Tower of Babel and enabling discoverability and interoperability. You…
Read MoreAugmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence
There is a disconnect between the volume of digital data available to us and the physical world in which we apply it. Reality may be three-dimensional, but the rich data we have to inform our decisions and actions remains trapped on two-dimensional pages and screens. This gulf between the real and digital worlds limits our ability to…
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. Earns Family Friendly Business Award™
Access Innovations, Inc. this week earned distinction for its workplace policies by Family Friendly New Mexico, a statewide initiative developed to recognize companies that have adopted policies that give New Mexico businesses an advantage in recruiting and retaining the best employees. “We have always recognized that it is difficult for people to perform well if…
Read MoreThe Importance of Analytics
According to research, a vast majority (94%) of large enterprises say data visualization and analytics are critical to their business growth and digital transformation. Another study estimates business intelligence and analytics adoption hovers around 30% of all employees and given that staff are making decisions daily in response to customers’ needs, it is a missed opportunity not to involve…
Read MoreUpdate on Information Standards and Standardization Efforts
The 84th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is scheduled for October 30 – November 2, 2021. ASIS&T is offering the annual meeting in a hybrid format to allow attendance and presentations both virtually and in person. The theme for the event this year is Information: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, and…
Read MoreThe Evolution of Search
Google has announced plans for a search that combines images and text to give more context to search queries. The method can use a smartphone’s camera in combination with artificial intelligence (AI) in an attempt to intuitively refine and expand search results. TechSpot brought this news to us in their article, “Google is using artificial…
Read MoreBehind Deep Learning
Deep learning is a subfield of machine learning concerned with algorithms inspired by the structure and function of the brain called artificial neural networks. Originating in 2006, deep learning refers to the depth of a neural network, how many layers of artificial neurons data is passed through. A recent report argues that the dominance of the deep learning…
Read MoreHeather Kotula, Access Innovations, Elected to Special Libraries Association Board of Directors
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) recently held an election for their Board of Directors and we are proud to announce that Heather Kotula, vice president of marketing and communications for Access Innovations has been elected as a new board member. This from their press release titled, “SLA Members Elect U.K. Librarian as 2023 President.” “I’m…
Read MoreTechnology Paved the Ways to Remote Working
Remote working used to be this unicorn-type of employment that only a few were privileged to experience. If everyone was honest, when someone said they worked from home, everyone’s inner voice thought “yeah, sure”. Since March 2020, remote working is no longer a privilege but a necessity. Many staff are still working from home as…
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